Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-14
THR STATE FAIR.
TIE PAVILION EXHIBITS VA.
RIED AND BEAUTIFUL.
The Receipts Doubling Up on Last
Year-A Grand Musical Treat To-
night-Announcem

All day yesterday the incoming trains
were loaded with people coming from all
parts of the State to visit the fair. The
streets now are literally alive with people,
the hotels are doing a rushing business,
and the street-cars, hacks and buses have
all they can do to carry people to the many
different points of interest in the city.
Changers are pleased with Sacramento, and
it is fact that the suburbs and residence
portion of the city is not equaled by any
other common wealth upon the coast. The
State Capitol and the beautiful park
of well-kept grounds around it, are ad-
mired by all, while the Croker Art
Gallery, East Park and Riverside
drives are all that the most fastidious
could desire. The hotel accommodations
are frst-class, ample and the prices in ev-
cry instance reasonable. Rooms in private
families are obtainable at small rental,
and the strangers wants are attended to
with that hospitality which is character
istic of this people, and at a strong variance
with those of other cities, where it is the
rule, and not the exception, to fleece him.
Men who come here seeking for homes and
investments are furnished carriages and
dtttuudiltS WIZ Cdu give Tue ucSlIeu lulOI-
nation. The streets are we'll kept and
sprinkled, the public parks are in the best
condition, and everything that tends to
promote the pleasure of the visitor is care
fully looked after.
There is no end to amusements The
theater has a splendid company playing
therein, and there is no end to the side
shows land catcb-penny entertainments.
The man-eating shark, the" mammoth
OK" the aerial balloon excursions" the
Aztec mummies," " Punch and Judy"
Living monstrosities, "slight-of-hand per-
formances," musical concerts are tented
upon every vacant lot, while street fakirs
are dispensing their wares on the principal
street corners. attracting and amusing the
crowds with their funny speeches, witt
cisms and concert music. Everything is
hustle and activity and the rushing to and
fro of vehicles, the crowded bob-tail cars,
and the elbowing human masses that
everywhere fill the sidewalks plainly indi-
cate that the biggest of all big fair" is
here. Everybody seems to have money
the business men are all smiling and are
raking in the shekels for their wares after
a style that reminds them of the good old
days"
Such an influx of visitors on the second
day of the State Fair, two DAYS before the
races commence, is unprecedented in the
history.of the society, and indicates pros
perity among the masses unequaled in the
past. What is more, the town is quiet
and orderly, but little drunkenness is OBJ
served, and the police officers as yet have
had but little difficulty with the rougher
element that always congregate on this &C.
casion.
THE PAVILION.
Last night the Pavilion was visited by
many hundreds, from all of whom there is
but one expression, and that is that they
are surprised at the wonderful, extensive
and beautiful displays. The building is so
large that it would almost seem impossible
that it could be decorated in a manner that
would relieve its high walls and the i'm
mense stretches of space. This, however,
has been achieved by Mr.. Boyne, the deco
rator, who has earned the commentator
of all who have observed the neatness of
his work. the beauty of his designs, and the
splendid blending of colors in his drspe-
mes, festooning and banners. The ancient
castle, erected in the east end of the
pavilion over the main entrance, is splen-
did piece of scenic art, and is as much ad-
Ilired by those who appreciate the beauti-
full as any of the exhibits. To be appre-
ciated it must be viewed from the west end
of the hall. The towering castle the senti-
ael outposts, the glittering armor of the
iife-siZe guards, the ancient ruins all speak
of an age in which lived Bruce and his
compeers. This was designed and erected
IN honor of the order of knights of Pythias,
who attend the State Fair, as an organiza-
ton, with representatives from all portions
of the State.
THE ART GALLERY.
The art gallery is beyond question one
of the handsomest exhibitions ever made
at the State Fair. Many of the exhibits
are of great value, and from the easels of
the most renowned painters of the times.
One of the most attractive paintings is
"The Hartford Nears Her Haven of Rest"
by w. A. Coulter.
The grand old ship whose weary frame
Hath borne the shock of shot and shell
Now seeks her earned repose.
Her sails are furled, her yards are squared
The boatswain's pipe is mute;
From white puffed smoke and sheet of flame
Rings out her last salute.
Aloft the whip-like pennant floats.
In the rays of the evening sun;
And the rattling chain, with the anchor splash
VIII soon proclaim her work is done.
Never agai, will the white sea foam
Dash high DER the weather rail
Never again will the tall maSts bend
Meath the blast of the wintry gale.
Never again will the gunshot wound
Ne CT again on the deep we III rlSk tlV tate
Thou came to thy home forever
When thou passed through the Golden Gate
THE CONCERT TONIGHT.
The impression has gone out that there
will be an extra admission fee charged for
the concert by the Cappa band in the Pa
vilion tonight. This is all mistake.
Those having season tickets are admitted
to every entertainment, and all who have
not their tickets should secure them to.
day. This concert will no doubt be the
grandest musical treat ever enjoyed by the
Sacramento public, as this band OF sixty
pieces has the reputation of being one of
the best, if not the best, on the continent.
The musical programme will be as follows:
Overture William Tell .............R ossini
CapPa's Seventh Regiment Band
Comet solo, Air Varie - Rogers
Walter Rogers.
Selections from Lucia di Lammermoor"
Cappa's Seventh Regiment Band.
Valse de Juliet Gounod. Raft
Adolph Close
lnhGmmatus, I" Stabat Mater Rossini
Miss Hortense Pierse and
Seventh Regiment Band
' Hungarian Rhapsodie, No. 2.............. List
Patrol, General Boulanger's En- Revenant
Aria, scene and duet finale Tfovaiore an0
For Garnet o, nono Verdi
W. Griffin and w Sacroix.
The Nightingale "......-.,.......Del ihee
Miss Hortense Picrse
Piano SOLO, Pasquinade" .......... Gottschalk
Adolph Close
"reminiscences of the Veteran Firemen"
Grand Fantasia
Introducing melodies from England,
Ireland and Scotland
A public trial of the Lubin Pulyerizer
will be given at 10 A. NJ, on THURSDAY, the
18th, at Agricultural Park.
Entries at the Pavilion win be received
up to s p. N. to-day.
The electric lights at the Pavilion will
be in use tonight.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
The Committee of Arrangements con.
sisting OF the local Regimental and Diyi-
sion Officers, are sparing neither time nor
expense to make the first Encampment of
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